Coronavirus stimulus package on support to households in Egypt 2020
The Egyptian government's coronavirus (COVID-19) stimulus package amounted to 109.6 billion Egyptian pounds (equivalent to 6.99 billion U.S. dollars) as of October 2020. Of those, roughly 34 percent was directed towards support to households amounting to 37.1 billion Egyptian pounds (2.37 billion U.S. dollars). Moreover, the majority of the amount was set towards paying bonuses and annual raises for pensioners with over 27 billion Egyptian pounds (1.8 billion U.S. dollars).
